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Professional sports teams are well equipped to provide training, information and support to their employees to maximise physical fitness. Mental wellbeing, however, is often an afterthought – if it is thought of at all. Swansea City Football Club recognise and embrace the need to make mental health top of the agenda. To ensure their playersRead more

Swansea City Football Club are a progressive and digitally sophisticated Premier League football club. They understand the importance of building digital relationships with their fans and that engaging and satisfying the needs of football fans is about action on and off the pitch; match days and non-match days; and consuming information wherever you are. TheRead more

Since launching earlier in the year, we have been working hard behind the scenes with the team at Sports Alliance and Ticketmaster to integrate mobile ticketing into iOS and Android versions of the Swansea City Official Swans app. Launching today, this is the first time that a football team in the UK has been ableRead more

James Burke, Production Director here at Other Media, has been talking with Econsultancy’s Ben Davis about the clever use of notifications and contextual mobile in football apps, as well as the player app winning praise from the Premier League. The discussion highlights how progressive football clubs, like Swansea City, are engaging fans with an appRead more

Introducing Chelsea Hospitality Chelsea Hospitality offers their supporters a unique and luxury experience, with packages to suit all needs and budgets. Chelsea’s philosophy is that customers should be treated like VIPs from the moment they walk in the door, whether visiting as a seasonal member or for a one-off match day treat. The challenge TheRead more

We work with Chelsea Football Club on a number of projects and are always looking for new ways to engage with fans. We recently launched an all-new 3D seating planner, the first of its kind to be developed by a sporting venue. The interactive seating planner offers a 3D view of the entire stadium fromRead more

Transforming a player manual into an easily accessible app to engage new players and support their mental wellbeing When new players sign for Swansea City Football Club they currently receive a book with useful information about the club and local area to facilitate their integration into their new club and also, equally as importantly, intoRead more

An example of a client, that we have worked with for many years, embracing the video revolution is the ECB. The ECB is the single national governing body for all cricket played in England and Wales. The ECB Cricket app posed the challenge of presenting complex data in a digestible and compelling format. The ECBRead more

12,000 customers in 48 hours? The social media giants know it, psychologists have long known it, and so we all should be paying attention to what makes us pay attention Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter…they’ve all turned their attentions to video content of late and for good reason. They aren’t just doing this to keep upRead more